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Important Dates and Events
May 2025
May 1-4: Reading Days
May 5-13: Final Examinations
May 13: Spring Term Ends
May 18: Wharton Undergraduate Graduation Ceremony
May 19: Penn Commencement
May 26: Memorial Day (no classes)
May 27: Summer Session I and 11-Week Session classes begin
June 2025
June 17: Deadline to apply for pre-orientation programs
June 19: Juneteenth (no classes)
June 23: Advance Registration begins for incoming first-year and transfer students
June 23: Deadline (5 p.m. ET) for Pre-First-Year Program students to take the Math Diagnostic Exam
July 2025
July 2: Summer Session I classes end
July 3: Summer Session II classes begin
July 4: Independence Day (no classes)
July 7: Deadline to take the Math Diagnostic Exam (5 p.m. ET)
July 14: Advance Registration ends for incoming first-year and transfer students
July 22: Course Selection Period opens
August 2025
August 8: Session II & 11-Week Session classes end
August 19-20: Move-in
August 20-25: New Student Orientation (NSO)
August 25: Wharton NSO
August 25: Convocation
August 26: First Day of Fall Classes
August 29: Wharton Club Fair
September 2025
September 1: Labor Day (no classes)
September 9: Course Selection (Add) Period Ends
October 2025
October 6: Drop Period Ends (last day to drop a course)
October 9-12: Fall Break
October 24: Last Day to Change a Grade Mode
October 24-25: Family Weekend
October 27: Advance Registration Begins
November 2025
November 3: Last Day to Withdraw from a Course¹
November 8: Homecoming
November 10: Advance Registration Ends
November 25: Follow Thursday Class Schedule
November 26: Follow Friday Class Schedule
November 27-30: Thanksgiving Break
December 2025
December 8: Last Day of Classes
December 9-10: Reading Days
December 11-18: Final Examinations
December 18: Fall Term Ends
January 2026
January 14: First Day of Spring Classes (Monday class schedule)
January 19: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Observed
January 27: Course Selection (Add) Period Ends
February 2026
February 23: Drop Period Ends
March 2026
March 7-15: Spring Break
March 23: Last Day to Change a Grade Mode
March 23: Advance Registration for Fall and Summer Begins
March 30: Last Day to Withdraw from a Course ¹
April 2026
April 6: Advance Registration for Fall Ends
April 29: Last Day of Classes
April 30-May 3: Reading Days
May 2026
April 30-May 3: Reading Days
May 4-12: Final Examinations
May 12: Spring Term Ends
May 17: Wharton Undergraduate Graduation Ceremony
May 18: Penn Commencement
May 25: Memorial Day (no classes)
May 26: Summer Session I and 11-Week Session classes begin
June 2026
June 19: Juneteenth (no classes)
June 22: Advance Registration begins for incoming first-year and transfer students (tentative)
July 2026
July 1: Summer Session I classes end
July 2: Summer Session II classes begin
July 4: Independence Day (no classes)
¹ Please note that some courses have earlier withdrawal deadlines. Students must abide by deadlines and policies published by faculty.